The LA Jazz Festival featuring John Legend, Janelle Monáe, Ezra Collective and many more has been cancelled.
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The bash was set to start on Friday (August 7) with an opening night event in Leimert Park Village and run until August 23 with further performances from Parliament-Funkadelic, Raphael Saadiq, Ezra Collective, Big Freedia, Free Nationals, Terrace Martin and Charlie Wilson.
But it was axed just hours before it was due to start.
Organizer Martin Ludlow, a former LA city council member told the Los Angeles Times: “Due to significant, unanticipated last-minute public safety and municipal costs associated with the final permitting of the On The Beach Festival, we have reached the decision to unfortunately postpone this year’s inaugural LA Jazz Festival.
“Although this decision was an extremely difficult one to reach, our commitment to the audiences and artists participating in the festival is to have a first-class experience worthy of the great legacy of jazz and our great city.
“We were encouraged by the enthusiastic support of the artists on the bill, the fans and our sponsors for this inaugural event, and we look forward to presenting all of the components of this incredible cultural opportunity for Los Angeles and the world in 2027 and beyond.”
He went on to say that all current ticket holders for LA Jazz Festival events will be refunded in full within 30 days.
The festival’s official website is now currently advertising an event on the weekend of August 22-23 with “updated event info coming soon.”
Elsewhere, Ezra Collective announced their fourth studio album, ‘Here Because Of Hope’, earlier this year.
The London jazz group will release the follow-up to 2024’s ‘Dance, No One’s Watching’ on September 18 via Partisan. Pre-order/pre-save here.
